Increase Filtration with a DIY Filtered Box Fan
View full size DIY filtered box fan image and instructions here UPDATED 10/01/20 Air cleaners (also called air purifiers) can be...
Strategies for a Healthy Home Office or School Space
With COVID-19 still having an impact across the US and Canada, it is likely that working and schooling at home will continue for...
COVID-19: Dos and Don’ts for a Healthy Home
Your home is the foundation for good physical and emotional health. Now that many people are finding themselves, and their...
Hear from Bill Hayward: Make Healthy Home Choices – Boston Globe
Read what Hayward Score Founder and CEO Bill Hayward had to say in the Boston Globe in this excerpt from: Some building...
9 Easy Things to Help Take Control of Your Indoor Air Quality
Whether you own or rent, are in a home for a short time or it is your “forever” home there are simple, inexpensive things you...
Radon Awareness Month: Radon Testing
Radon is a colorless, tasteless and odorless gas that is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, after...
“Clean” Shouldn’t Smell!
It might surprise you to learn that the only thing you should smell when something is clean is NOTHING. A home that is both...
Environmental Pollutants and Breast Cancer: How to Limit Exposure
Once disputed as a contributor to breast cancer, environmental pollutants are now known to play a significant role. According to...
What Chemicals are in Your Dust?
People tend to think that household dust is merely an unsightly nuisance… However, what we call “dust” is really a...
Houses are filled with chemical additives. Here’s how to find...
From the Washington Post (8/1/2019) By Roy Furchgott It is nearly impossible to avoid chemical additives in your home — they...
Heal Your Home (and Yourself)
Hayward Score’s Bill and Adriana Hayward are featured in the July/August issue of HauteLiving SF! Read about how their...
The Health Impact of Scented Candles
For many people, home decor wouldn’t be complete without scented candles. But these ubiquitous home items have a darker...
Finding a Healthy Rental: 10 Things To Look For!
Moving is stressful enough without having to worry whether conditions in your newly rented home might impact your health. While...
Ask an Expert: Asbestos
Ask an Expert is an occasional feature where we pose a question submitted by a reader to our Healthy Home Director Carl Grimes...
Stachybotrys Isn’t Always Black!
The most common misunderstanding – and fear – about mold is around a specific mold often incorrectly referred to as...
Lead Dust Testing Outside?
Dust Settling on Outside Patio or Furniture? I was sitting on my porch in San Francisco watching kids play on the wooden deck and...
Make How you Cook as Healthy as What you Cook
For many people, cooking “healthfully” means choosing hormone-free dairy products, organic vegetables, and beef raised...
Is Your House Making You Sick?
The symptoms most commonly reported by those affected by a “sick house” are many and varied, depending on the sensitivity of...
Avoiding Endocrine Disruptors in your Home
Many people are aware of the benefits of keeping what they eat and drink free of chemicals, including pesticides, mercury, and...
Keep Healthy Home Fires Burning
For many people, a bright, crackling, wood fire is as much a part of the fall and winter season as hot apple cider and a cozy...

did you know
Indoor air can be 5x more polluted than outside affecting allergies, asthma, concentration, sleep quality and more.